Kentucky Derby News

June 26, 2021

Pool for Mandatory Payout of Saturday's Derby City 6 on Closing Day Should Eclipse $1 Million

Bettors have a lucrative $166,087 carryover in the Derby City 6 to chase Saturday at Churchill Downs for the 12-race closing day program.
There is a mandatory payout in Saturday’s 20-cent all-stakes Derby City 6, which covers Races 7-12 starting...

June 26, 2021

Churchill Downs Stakes Recaps and Quotes from the Stephen Foster Closing Day Card

Maxfield delivered a brilliant turn of foot around the final turn to comfortably grab the lead in Saturday’s 40th running of the $600,000 Stephen Foster (Grade II) at Churchill Downs as the 4-year-old colt collected his sixth career stakes win while...

June 23, 2021

Multiple Grade I Winner Letruska Headlines $300,00 Fleur De Lis

St. George Stable’s multiple Grade I winner Letruska, widely regarded as the nation’s top filly or mare, headlines a compact field of six in Saturday’s 46th running of the $300,000 Fleur de Lis (Grade II) at Churchill Downs.
The Fleur...

June 23, 2021

Multiple Graded Stakes Winner Maxfield Tops 40th Running of Grade II, $600,000 Stephen Foster On Closing Day at Churchill Downs

Godolphin’s multiple graded stakes-winning homebred Maxfield leads a field of nine older horses that were entered in Saturday afternoon’s featured 40th running of the $600,000 Stephen Foster (Grade II) – one of seven stakes events on...

June 23, 2021

Eye-Catching Maiden Winner Ontheonesandtwos Tops $150,000 Debutante

Deuce Greathouse and Cindy Hutson’s Churchill Downs debut winner Ontheonesandtwos tops a field of 10 2-year-old fillies that were entered in Saturday’s 120th running of the $150,000 Debutante (Listed) beneath the historic Twin Spires.
The...

June 23, 2021

Churchill Downs Debut Winners Glacial, Lansdowne, Red Run Top Field of 11 in Grade III $150,000 Bashford Manor

Robert Masterson’s 2 ½-length debut winner Glacial along with Winchell Thoroughbreds’ 1 ¾-length victor Red Run and Willis Horton Racing’s 1 ½-length first-out winner Lansdowne top a field of 11 2-year-olds that...

June 23, 2021

Turf Specialists Set Piece (GB), Somelikeithotbrown Clash in Grade II, $300,00 Wise Dan

Juddmonte’s multiple stakes winner Set Piece (GB) along with Skychai Racing and Sand Dollar Stable’s two-time Grade II winner Somelikeithotbrown lead a field of 10 older horses that was entered in Saturday’s $300,000 Wise Dan (GII) at...

June 23, 2021

Tampa Bay Derby (GII) Winner Helium Tries Turf in $150,000 War Chant

D. J. Stable’s $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (Grade II) winner Helium will attempt turf for the first time as the headliner in Saturday’s $150,000 War Chant Stakes at Churchill Downs.
The one-mile War Chant for 3-year-olds is slated as Race 7...

June 23, 2021

Stakes Winner Adventuring Tries Turf in Wide Open $150,000 Tepin

Godolphin’s stakes-winning homebred Adventuring will attempt turf for the first time in Saturday’s highly competitive second running of the $150,000 Tepin Stakes at Churchill Downs.
The one-mile Tepin, run on the Matt Winn Turf Course for...

June 20, 2021

Grade II Winner Art Collector Tops Friday's $110,000 Kelly's Landing

Bruce Lunsford’s Blue Grass (GII) stakes winning-homebred Art Collector leads a field of nine colts and geldings that were entered in Friday’s $110,000 Kelly’s Landing Overnight Stakes at Churchill Downs – the penultimate card...

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